WU-HU, woo'hoo', Cbina, a treaty-port, opened in 1877, in the province of Ngan-hwei, on the right bank of the Yangose-kiang Riser, al•out 200 miles west of Shanghai and 60 miles aleo e Nauking. Some manufactures and a con s;derable trade arc carried on. Canals connect the city with a large productive region. Cutlery and red cord are its principal products. Its an t ual commerce now aggregates about $22,000, COO. Wu-hu suffered severely in the Tai-ping rebellion. Pop. about 92.000.
WU Chinese statesman and diplomat: b. Singapore, 1842. He was edu cated at Saint Paul's College, Hongkong, and studied law at Lincoln's Inn, London. He was in the service of the colonial government as interpreter in the law courts in 1$62-74, and after his return from England in 1877 he en gaged in law practice in Hongkong. In 1882 be was appointed to the official staff of IA Hung Chang, at that time governor-general of Chihli and Grand Chancellor of China. He
was one of the peace commissioners who, un der the leadership of Li Hung Chang, negoti ated the Treaty of Shimonoseki at the con. du.ion of the Chino-lapancse Tar, and he later occupied high governmental offices at Pe king He was appointed Minister to the United St.oes in 18%, but in 1902 he was recalled to China to aid in the negotiation of several com mercial treaties. He o as appointed to the new and of commerce in was Minister of the Board of Punishments in 1905-06, and in Mei he remodeled the Penal Code. He was J141111 Minister to the United States in 1908 re his broad deep learn ing and great diplomatic talent gained for him eidespread respect and liking. He was made member of the permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. He published 'America Through Urieutal Spectacles' (1014).